Early the next morning, Chen Chong summoned all the officers above the team leader in Puban to the mansion to discuss matters. The team leaders were quite surprised. After all, it stands to reason that they are in a humble position and rarely have access to high-ranking officials. It is really unimaginable that they can discuss matters with the independent prime minister of the country today.
There were few people in the city, so they gathered quickly. Around the time of Chenshi, the hall was crowded with about two dozen people, and even the table could not be accommodated, so Chen Chong ordered that everyone spread straw mats in the hall and everyone just sat on the mats. He was sitting on the chairman's chair, wearing a gray bearskin jacket, leaning on a soft cushion, looking sickly.
Chen Chong glanced over with his eyes and saw that everyone was looking at him, with expressions that were either curious, excited, worried or disappointed. He was also a little uneasy in his heart. After all, it had been more than six years since he last led an army. This time he would still take risks, and he didn't know if he could live up to their expectations.
But even though he thought so, his expression was calm. After Zhang Yan and Dong Yue counted the number of people, he sat up naturally and said in a serious tone: "The reason why you are here today is actually not to discuss matters. I want to entrust the life and death of the country to the kings."
Seeing that Chen Chong's words were so solemn, everyone listened attentively. Unexpectedly, Chen Chong's next sentence made everyone eclipsed. He said: "Tomorrow, I, Dong and Hu will lead everyone out of the city and stay here in Hedong. If Lu Bu comes here with a large army soon, I hope you all will hold on."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a discussion in the hall. Yesterday Jinyang reinforcements entered the city, and the soldiers and people in the city were very happy. The dragon leader of the capital was cautious and wise, so that the city would not be in danger of overturning and the villagers would not have to worry about moving. Who would have expected that today they would lead reinforcements out of the city? Wouldn't this leave the people under the claws of tigers and wolves again? The leaders of each team were extremely puzzled, but they stood up and said to everyone: "The envoy has made this arrangement, and he must have considered it. Why do you have doubts? Just listen to the envoy." The commotion subsided.
But Li Yi was still very worried. He waited for everyone to be quiet, and then asked Chen Chong: "Where do you want to go? If more than 3,000 of our troops are left behind, how long can we hold on?"
Chen Chong said slowly: "There is no need to worry about defending the city. I have spoken to you the day before yesterday. It is extremely difficult for the bandit army to attack the city on a cold and snowy day. Don't rush down. If you think you don't have enough manpower, you can fill the city with water and sand again. Rebuild the barbican city."
Seeing that many of the people still wanted to speak, Chen Chong stretched out his hand to signal them to be silent, and continued: "You only need to hold on for twenty days, and my brother Changwen will send thousands of horses to help, so you will not be left alone in the city."
Hearing that there were reinforcements, the group discussion immediately stopped, but Zhang Yan was embarrassed and said: "But there is not much food and fodder left in the city, I am afraid it can only supply the city for two months. If there are another ten thousand horses, the food and fodder will be consumed, and it will be difficult to accumulate mountains of food every day." It’s long-lasting.”
Chen Chong had already made arrangements. He said: "You don't have to worry about the grain. I have already told Chang Wen that the grain can be transferred from Xihe and transferred from Jiangyi. Just send someone to give the order. Wanqi will be stationed outside the city at that time. You must hold fast to the city and respond to the enemy internally and externally, so that the rebel army will not succeed."
In this way, Chen Chong's arrangement for Pu Ban can be considered appropriate, and the team leaders defending the city have no doubts. Those Liang people who came from Jinyang had experienced many wars. At this time, they were guessing in their hearts that what Chen Chong was going to say next was the arrangements for leaving the city. Where would Chen Shijun lead his army? Could it be that he wanted to go south to Hong Kong? Nong, go and join the Northern Army Xu Huang?
Unexpectedly, Chen Chong was silent for a moment and then said: "As for the remaining people, follow me to Chencang."
When everyone heard this, except for Dong Yue and Hu Zhen, who had already talked about it last night, they couldn't help but turn pale in astonishment.
Chencang is located at the junction of Liang, Yi and Si prefectures. It faces Baoxie Road to the south and blocks Longshan and Lishui to the west. It can be said that it connects Bashu to the south and Longyou to the west. It is actually a dangerous place in Guanzhong. However, now that Chang'an has been lost, Yizhou seems to have a large army heading north, and it can be said that it is surrounded by heavy troops. Not to mention what to do, it is even more difficult to lead troops into Chencang.
Qianzhao stood up directly and asked Chen Chong urgently: "What do you want to do? Now that the situation has turned upside down, everything in the east and west of Guandong is in ruins. It is the time when we urgently need to protect you. Why should you take risks and put yourself in danger?" A place of death and life?”
Everyone thought so, but Chen Chong's expression did not change. He just waved his hand and said: "If we just sit here and defend here, we will be declared traitors for the emperor and the world will attack us, wouldn't we just sit and defend to death? Could it be? Do you think there is really anyone in the world who can control a poor and impoverished state and conquer nine states?"
All the generals couldn't help but feel dejected. When Chen Chong saw this, he leaned forward slightly and said his plan: "The current situation makes it impossible to mobilize the people and horses of the state. Otherwise, if Cao Cao takes advantage of the situation and joins the annexation, it will be a big deal! So I will carefully explain it." Thinking about it, we can only get 40,000 troops by going to Chencang to gather people!"
Everyone stood up immediately and listened carefully. Chen Chong did not say a word, but clapped his hands to ask Dong Yue to stand up and explain to everyone. Dong Yue felt uneasy as he received the surprised looks from everyone, but when he saw Chen Chong looking at him as if to encourage him, he gained the courage and slowly stood up.
As soon as Dong Yue stood up, everyone was amazed. All he could see was his sideburns and beard, a pair of rhinoceros-skin armor on the outside of his tight-fitting robes, and holding a three-foot-long ring-headed sword. It was exactly the majestic image of Liang Ren in people's minds. He turned to face the crowd and said in a deep voice: "After the war in Chang'an, the envoy has arranged for us and others to farm in Chencang. When the farm period expired last year, the general divided the fields on the spot and settled us and others in Chencang. A few Then he moved to Bafu. Therefore, I sent you to Chencang. You want us to tour the township pavilion and gather the old troops. In this way, the forty thousand people can easily get it."
The generals suddenly understood and couldn't help but smile at each other, thinking that the overall situation could be solved. But Chen Deng still had doubts. After Dong Yue finished speaking, he asked Chen Chong: "If this is the case, why do you need to go there personally and put yourself in danger? You can send me, Zijing or any outstanding person in the mansion." feasible?"
Chen Chong shook his head when he heard this and said quickly: "Liang people are brave and arrogant, just like hungry eagles. I am the only one who can raise them. They won't obey you until your reputation is established."
Chen Deng was unwilling to give in and asked again: "After all, you were assassinated not long ago and traveled far away with injuries on your body. How can you go to Chencang and lead the people in the battle?"
Chen Chong said, "You must be worried. Lu Bu has not long since captured Chang'an. He needs to appease people's hearts and wants to take advantage of the situation to advance eastward. He will not be able to stop me from going west. Therefore, it doesn't matter if I go slower on the road. Wait until I gather the troops to send out troops. I'm afraid it will be the twelfth lunar month. By then, no matter how serious the injury is, it will naturally be healed."
Chen Deng was speechless, and finally asked: "With only 40,000 people, I have no fundamental support for you, and naturally I have no food, fodder, or armor. How can I still be victorious?"
Hearing this, Chen Chong smiled and said with a snap of his fingers: "There is a second reason why I went to Chencang. I thought that the Shu army was coming, so I piled up a large amount of weapons and food in Yi County and Chencang as a preparation. It is used in the battle with the Shu army, and now it is used here!"
Chen Deng admired him so much that he lowered his hands and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is truly alone in his original vision and pure in his knowledge. I am far inferior to him."
When all the soldiers saw that Chen Chong was so willing to throw himself into the forest of swords and halberds, regardless of the dangers, they all secretly sighed in their hearts. Unexpectedly, after Chen Chong finished talking about the arrangements, he still did not leave the meeting. Instead, he clapped his hands to the back of the hall and said in a deep voice: "Come out."
At this time, the soldiers saw a woman leading a child in. The woman was Dong Bai, but no one knew her and thought she was Chen Chong's maid. Only a few people knew her true identity. Everyone is familiar with the boy, he is Chen Chong's youngest son Chen Zhang. When Chen Chong saw Chen Zhang Wugou's eyes, his heart sank slightly. He beckoned him over, then took him into his arms and said to everyone, "Today, I have one more thing to ask of you, which is my child."
Before Chen Chong could say anything else, Zhang Yan stood up and responded urgently: "It worries your mother, but I can send a few people to escort the young master north to Jinyang."
Unexpectedly, Chen Chong shook his head and said, "You sir, there are many soldiers here. It's despicable for me to send my son to Jinyang alone! How can it be like this?" He paused here for a moment and said decisively: "I want to keep him here. In the city, I hope you can take more care of him and let him live and die with this city!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and were about to persuade him, but Chen Chong stopped them. Chen Chong said categorically: "I left him here because I trust you. Lu Bu's army will arrive day and night. By then, your worries will be far greater than mine. If I don't keep him here, how can I order the soldiers?" Peace of mind?!"
At this point, he stood up, took Chen Zhang and slowly walked to Qianzhao, and said to everyone: "While I am away, if you have any questions, you can discuss the matter with Yuanlong and Zijing. If everyone has a dispute, Then leave it to Zi Jing to make the final decision!"
Then he handed Chen Zhang into Qianzhao's hands and whispered to Qianzhao: "After I leave, don't talk to Xuande. Once he gets emotional, the situation in Guandong will change again. If you get a letter, just say that I am in the city." Just hold on. When the reinforcements from Jinyang ask, just say that I have my own plan and don't say more."
After this explanation, Chen Chong immediately began to prepare to leave the city.
Because they are all cavalry, even if they go deep alone and travel thousands of miles, there is really no need to carry baggage. Chen Chong ordered the Liang people under his command to bring half a month's worth of food and rest for a night before setting off immediately.
Early the next morning, when the sky was still pale, people in the city heard the lowing of horses on the street. They knew that the Liang people who had just arrived were filing out in front of the city gate. The wind and snow have completely stopped, the sun has not yet come out, and it is the coldest time of the day. But people still put on their coats and got up to look for Captain Sili in the crowd.
Chen Chong was being guarded by several people at this time, inspecting Liang Jun's military situation in front of the door. Although his face was pale, everyone felt at ease seeing his outstanding figure on horseback. People say: Longshou also crossed the river from this place back then, competed with the Liang people in the west, and won a great victory. It must be the same today.
In fact, to be honest, Chen Chong's injury is far from as easy as he claimed.
Even though the wound had scabbed over, Chen Chong sometimes felt dizzy and his limbs twitched, whether due to excessive blood loss or damage to his meridians. It was inconvenient to take a car to go to Chencang. He had to ride a horse with the army, so he planned to tie his legs to the horse so that he could ride by himself. But as a result, the scabs on the legs and the saddle became very painful. But in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he could only pretend that nothing happened and planned to change the dressing at night. For this reason, he had to go against his will and agreed to Dong Bai and Dong Yao to continue with the army.
But Chen Chong had no idea what the chances of winning were in the current situation. He secretly laughed at himself: People without self-confidence often pretend to be indomitable in order to convince everyone to stabilize their military morale. Perhaps this is the normal behavior of a general.
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